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LDP Announces 2015 Lower Delta Talk Series

March 10, 2015

Mississippi’s Lower Delta Partnership is pleased to announce the 2015 Lower Delta Talks series. This will be the 6th lecture series celebrating the history, culture and nature of Mississippi’s Deep Delta. The talks will begin on March17 and continue on the third Tuesday of most months through November. They are held at 6:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Room of the Sharkey Issaquena Library. Thanks to the support of partners and LDP members the talks remain free and open to the public.

The schedule is as follows:

March 17                   Jim Henson & the Delta: Then & Now
By Daryl Lewis

April 21                     Leadway: Hope & Healing
By Cindi Quong Lofton and Robbie Fisher

May 19                       Roadtrip with a Raindrop:  90 Days Along the Mississippi Rive
                                   By Gayle Harper

June 16                     Delta Dragon Boat Festival & the Chinese Heritage
By Betty Lynn Cameron

August 18                 The Literature of Delta Food & Cooking
By Jesse Yancy

September 15           Prospect Hill Plantation
By Jessica Crawford and Alan Huffman

October 13                 The Mississippi Mound Trail
By Sam Brookes

November 17            Delta Images: A Photography Exhibition
By Willy Bearden

LDP coordinator, Meg Cooper says “We have another great lineup of interesting topics for 2015. Mark your calendars and join us at the Sharkey Issaquena Library.”

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